Erica anomala Hilliard & B.L.Burtt

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Erica

Characteristics

Frutex ad 1-5 m alta, ramulis pubescentibus. Folia plerumque 3-nata interdum 4-nata, patentia, aggregata, plerumque 2.5-5 x 0.5-0.75 mm, linearia, obtusa, supra plana, subtus convexa sulcata, marginibus glandulis parvis caducis praedita; petiolus c.0.75-1 mm longus. Flores in glomerulos parvos plerumque trifloros in ramulis terminales dispositi, ramulis in pseudospicas oblongas aggregatis; pedicelli usque ad 1.5 mm longi, puberuli, bractea varie (interdum proxime sub calyce) posita, bracteolis absentibus. Calyx fere ad basin divisus, lobis plerumque 4 interdum uno redacto vel raro 3 tantum quarto ut videtur bractea valde approximata sepalina substitute c. 1 x 1 mm rhomboideis, marginibus glandulosis. Corolla c. 1.5 x 1.25 mm, cyathiformis, alba mox brunnescens, glabra, lobis 0.75 x 1 mm deltoideis erectis vel apicibus paulo recurvatis. Stamina 8, filamentis c. 0.5 mm longis filiformibus fere rectis; antherae inter se lateraliter cohaerentes, inclusae sed demum capsula maturescente extrusae, thecis 0.5 mm longis, poro dimidio thecae aequali, basi rotundata mutica. Ovarium c. 0.75 mm longum, glabrum. Stylus c. 0.5 mm longus; stigma maximum c. 0.75-1 mm diam., peltatum vel cyathiforme, intense roseum, capsula maturescente demum valde exsertum.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Erica anomala world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:906009-1
WFO ID wfo-0000671379
COL ID 6GL7Y
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Synonyms

Erica anomala